Device for detection of power-off

• US 7,285,989 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Issued: 10/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Gil, Myeong-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Wells; Kenneth B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HILTUNEN, THOMAS J
• Application Number:
  US10/995,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20050135130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: 713/320, 713/323, 713/324, 327/77, 327/142, 327/143, 327/198
• US Class Current: 327/77
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/145 Indicating the presence of current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/30 Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations for resetting only G06F1/24

Abstract

A power-off detection device is formed without use of a photo coupler, which is expensive and occupies a relatively large area. The power-off detection device rectifies AC power, provided as external input power from a power supply device, into DC power, detects the power-off of the external input power from the power supply device as provided to an electronic appliance, provides a power-off detection signal to central control means of the electronic appliance, and enables the central control means to prepare for the power-off, thereby reducing manufacturing cost of the power supply device, and achieving miniaturization thereof.

Claims

1. A device for detecting a power-off of external input power from a power supply device, comprising:

a detection unit for generating an induced current in response to an AC current provided by the power supply device;

a voltage supply unit for converting the induced current generated by the detection unit into a detection voltage; and

a voltage comparison unit for comparing the detection voltage provided by the voltage supply unit and a reference voltage, and for providing a power-off detection signal when there is a difference between the detection voltage and the reference voltage;

wherein the detection unit comprises a transformer which includes a first coil which forms a magnetic flux in response to the AC current provided by the power supply device, a second coil which is responsive to the magnetic flux formed by the first coil for generating an induced current which is smoothed and rectified so as to provide a DC voltage, via an output circuit, to an electronic appliance, and a third coil which generates the induced current in response to the magnetic flux formed by the first coil;

said device further comprising a voltage divider connecting the output circuit to an inverting input of the voltage comparison circuit for providing a divided voltage thereto as the reference voltage; and

wherein the voltage comparison circuit provides the power-off detection signal via the output circuit, to the electronic appliance, whereby the electronic appliance is safely prepared for power-off.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the third coil is wound in a direction opposite to a direction in which the second coil is wound.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage supply unit includes a diode having an anode terminal connected to one end of the third coil, and a capacitor having one end connected to a cathode terminal of the diode and another end connected to another end of the third coil.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the reference voltage is derived from the DC voltage supplied.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage comparison unit comprises an operational amplifier.

6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an additional voltage divider connecting the detection unit to a non-inverting input of the voltage comparison unit.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein the output circuit comprises:

a diode having an anode connected to a first end of the second coil, and a cathode; and

a capacitor connected between the cathode of the diode and a second end of the second coil;

wherein interconnection of the cathode of the diode and the capacitor forms a junction; and

wherein the voltage divider comprises a first resistor connected between the inverting input of the voltage comparison circuit and the junction, and a second resistor connected between the first resistor and the inverting input of the voltage comparison circuit, on one side, and the third coil, on another side.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein an output of the voltage comparison circuit is connected, via a third resistor, to the junction.

15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the output circuit comprises:

a diode having an anode connected to a first end of the second coil, and a cathode; and

a capacitor connected between the cathode of the diode and a second end of the second coil;

wherein interconnection of the cathode of the diode and the capacitor forms a junction; and

wherein an output of the voltage comparison circuit is connected, via a resistor, to the junction.

7. A device for detecting a power-off of an external input power from a power supply device, comprising:

a transformer for generating an induced current in response to AC power provided by the power supply device;

a voltage supply unit for smoothing and rectifying the induced current generated by the transformer to provide a detection voltage; and

a voltage comparison unit for comparing the detection voltage provided by the voltage supply unit and a reference voltage, and for providing a power-off detection signal when there is a difference between the detection voltage and the reference voltage;

wherein the transformer comprises a first coil which forms a magnetic flux in response to the AC current provided by the power supply device, a second coil which is responsive to the magnetic flux formed by the first coil for generating an induced current which is smoothed and rectified so as to provide a DC voltage, via an output circuit, to an electronic appliance, and a third coil which generates the induced current in response to the magnetic flux formed by the first coil;

said device further comprising a voltage divider connecting the output circuit to an inverting input of the voltage comparison circuit for providing a divided voltage thereto as the reference voltage; and

wherein the voltage comparison circuit provides the power-off detection signal via the output circuit, to the electronic appliance, whereby the electronic appliance is safely prepared for power-off.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the third coil is wound in a direction opposite to a direction in which the second coil is wound.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein the voltage supply unit includes a diode having an anode terminal connected to one end of the third coil, and a capacitor having one end connected to a cathode terminal of the diode and another end connected to another end of the third coil.

10. The device according to claim 7, wherein the reference voltage is derived from the DC voltage supplied to the electronic appliance.

11. The device according to claim 7, wherein the voltage comparison unit comprises an operational amplifier.

12. The device according to claim 7, further comprising an additional voltage divider connecting the transformer to a non-inverting input of the voltage comparison unit.

16. The device according to claim 7, wherein the output circuit comprises:

a diode having an anode connected to a first end of the second coil, and a cathode; and

a capacitor connected between the cathode of the diode and a second end of the second coil;

wherein interconnection of the cathode of the diode and the capacitor forms a junction; and

wherein the voltage divider comprises a first resistor connected between the inverting input of the voltage comparison circuit and the junction, and a second resistor connected between the first resistor and the inverting input of the voltage comparison circuit, on one side, and the third coil, on another side.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein an output of the voltage comparison circuit is connected, via a third resistor, to the junction.

18. The device according to claim 7, wherein the output circuit comprises:

a diode having an anode connected to a first end of the second coil, and a cathode; and

a capacitor connected between the cathode of the diode and a second end of the second coil;

wherein interconnection of the cathode of the diode and the capacitor forms a junction; and

wherein an output of the voltage comparison circuit is connected, via a resistor, to the junction.